# Accident 20141202023489A: Nanchang China CJ-6A, Mesa, AZ, December 2, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2014, 04:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4350D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4350D-2016-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CHINA CJ-6A
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141202023489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FLYING IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON 22L REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WENT SILENT CLIMBING OUT AFTER THE FIRST LANDING AT 100 FEET AGL.  WITNESS STATED THAT WITH POWER LOSS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT ABOUT 45 DEGREES, THE GEAR EXTENDED AND THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN THE AIR.   THE AIRCRAFT THEN TRAVELED STRAIGHT FOR ABOUT 1300 FEET AND STRUCK AN ABOVE GROUND FUEL TANK AND A PARKED DUAL AXELED FIFTH WHEEL FLATBED TRAILER.  THE WINGS SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND FUSELAGE WENT BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND THE FUEL TANK IN A TAIL HIGH ATTITUDE AND LANDED PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT BEHIND THE TRAILER.

WHEN RESCUE PERSONNEL ARRIVED THE PASSANGER HAD EXITED FROM THE AFT SEAT AND THE FLYING PILOT WAS ASSISTED OUT OF HER SHOULDER STRAPS AND OUT OF HER SEAT.

ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL IN FUEL STRAINER.  AIRCRAFT RECOVERY PERSONNEL OBSERVED FUEL DRAIN FROM EACH WING WHEN LIFTED FROM ACCIDENT SITE.

AT THE AIRCRAFT SALVAGE YARD THE FUEL PUMP WAS REMOVED AND DISSEMBLED.  IT HAD FUEL IN IT AND APPEARED TO BE IN WORKING ORDER.  THE PLUGS WERE REMOVED FROM THE CARBURETOR AND CARBURETOR AND IT HAD FUEL IN IT AND APPEARED IN WORKING ORDER.  THE ENGINE WAS ROTATED AND THE SPLINE DRIVE TO THE FUEL PUMP FROM THE ACCESSORY CASE WORKED.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHUT OFF THE FUEL AMF MAGNETOS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA052), Dec 2, 2014: Nanchang CJ-6 (N4350D), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power during takeoff following a touch-and-go landing for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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